Style and cloth design illustrator



April s,- 1937.

J. CASWELL ET AL STYLE AND CLOTH DESIGN ILLUSTRATOR Filed July 5, 1936ELI g ik/w/ggwi/f f ,f 1 5/ 1 fig/m2; m A:

2 Sheets-Sheet l A ril 6, 1937. J. CASWELL ET AL I 2,076,426

STYLE AND CLOTH DESIGN ILLUSTRATOR Filed July 3, 1936 I 2 Sheets-Sheet?Patented Apr. 6, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Joseph Caswell andKazimierz Elchuk, Windsor,

Ontario, Canada Application July 3, 1936, Serial No. 88,720

4 Claims.

In interest to the tailoring industry there has always existed adecidedly urgent need for a device or some means whereby the customermay have the privilege of viewing the image of a man or a woman as thecase may be, actually displaying the particular pattern he or she mayselect, and in this manner it may be readily determined by the customerif a certain color and design of the cloth selected would beattractiveand becoming to him after it is made up in a complete suit ofclothes.

This invention fully meets this requirement and the principal objectthereof is to provide a pair of spaced-apart plate glass panels. Uponthe face of one of said panels will appear a front view of a gentlemanoutlined as though wearing a stylish suit, and upon the face of theopposite panel will appear a rear view of the same person and the entirebackground of both panels will be opaque with both of the outlines beingclearly transparent, and by inserting a cloth of the selected patternintermediate said panels the customer may readily observe how thepattern,

would appear when made. up in a suit of clothes from a front view, andby turning the panels so as to expose the opposite panel a rear viewwill likewise appear for this purpose.

The invention possesses further advantages that will become apparentduring the course of the following detailed description, illustratedthroughout the accompanying drawings, and more fully pointed out in theappended claims.

With reference to the drawings:

Figure l is an elevation of one of the panels showing a front view of agentleman; and Figure 2 is a similar elevation showing the front view ofa woman.

Figure. 3 is a vertical section taken upon line 33 of forthcoming Figure5.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view of the pair of panels and showing thespacer means therefor.

Figure 5 is an elevation of a panel opposite the one in Figure 1, andshowing the rear view of a gentleman; and Figure 6 is a similarelevation of the panel opposite the one in Figure 2 and showing the rearview of a woman.

Figure '7 is a section taken upon line 'I-'! of Figure 5.

Figure 8 is a greatly enlarged section of the top portion of a quantityof cloth and indicating the metallic support therefor.

Figure 9 is a greatly enlarged section of the bottom portion of thecloth and showing the support therefor.

The invention comprises a device wherein a pair of plate glass panels isprovided which is positioned in vertical arrangement and being in spacedapart relation.

One of the panels designated by the numeral 1 presents the outline of agentleman attired in a stylish suit as at 2. The opposite panel 3presents a rear view of a gentleman thus attired.

An independent pair of plate glass panels. is provided, comprising panel4 presenting the outline of a woman attired in a stylish coat suit as at5, the opposite panel 6 presents a rear view of the woman thus attired.

The outlines of the gentleman and woman so described are accomplished bythe use of prefer-'- ably black paint placed upon the surface of aperfectly clear transparent glass, and the entire back ground of thepanels upon the face thereof is completely covered with white paint asat 1, and in this manner it is understood that the respective outlinesof both characters will remain at all times transparent while saidbackground remains permanently opaque, the purposeof which willpresently be explained.

The head, hands, shoes, stockings or other articles will present theirnatural colors respectively, thereby rendering these portionspermanently opaque.

A number of designs or patterns of tailoring cloth is customarilyprovided by all tailors, and it is an object of the invention to providea piece of such cloth such as A, adequate proportion so as to completelycover the rear surface of the respective panels I and 3, and in thismanner said cloth will be clearly exhibited through the clear glassoccupied by the human characters and the customer may visualize. howthis particular pattern will appear upon himself when it is made up in asuit of clothes.

Each of the patterns of cloth is provided with metal tube 8 havingextended portion 9, and the edge of cloth A is doubled over and securedthereto by rivets 10, or in any other approved manner and as indicatedin Figure 8.

The lower edge. of cloth A is doubled over and is secured to elongatedmetal U member H by rivets l2, or in any other approved manner and asindicated in Figure 9.

As previously describedthe panels are arranged in pairs and are rigidlyretained in spaced apart relation by spacer l3 upon the sides thereofand spacer M at the bottom of the same.

The cloth panel is easily manipulated by the tubular upper part which iswide enough not to descend between the plates. The bottom member issufliciently narrow to enter between the plates and has sufficientweight to fall easily and will therefore hold the cloth smoothlysuspended.

It is further understood that the same method is employed for displayingthe front and rear of the woman character for this purpose.

While in one pair of the panels the front and rear views of thegentleman character is illustrated, the combination of a front or rearview of the gentleman and woman characters may be used, or in'fact anycombination of characters may be employed consistent with therequirements of the tailor or otherwise.

In conclusion it may be added that any changes that may become necessaryduring any probable further development of the invention for the marketwould be limited by the scope of the claims and by prior art.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new is:

1. In a display device, a pair of parallel spaced panels havingtransparent portions therein, a piece of fabric removablypositionedbetween the panels and visible through said transparent areas, means forfreely suspending the piece of fabric between said panels and a weightedmember attached to the lower edge of the fabric for maintaining thelatter in a smooth and unwrinkled condition while suspended between thepanels.

2. In a display device, a pair of paralleled spaced panels havingtransparent areas therein representing the silhouette of a clothed humanfigure, a piece of fabric removably positioned between the spaced panelsand visible through said transparent areas, and a member attached to theupper edge portion of the piece of fabric adapted to rest upon the upperedges of the spaced panels for suspending the fabric between the panels.

3. In a display device, a pair of parallel spaced panels havingtransparent areas therein representing the silhouette of a clothed humanfigure, a piece of fabric removably positioned between the spaced panelsand visible through said transparent areas, and a member attached to theupper edge portion of the piece of fabric adapted to rest upon the upperedges of the spaced panels for suspending the fabric between the panels,a weighted member attached to the lower edge por tion of the piece offabric also for disposition between the panels for maintaining thefabric in a smooth and unwrinkled condition while suspended. between thepanels.

4. In a display device, a pair of parallel spaced panels having coactingtransparent portions representing the silhouette of the front and backof a clothed human figure, a piece of fabric, a suspension memberattached to the upper edge portion of the fabric for rest upon the upperedges of the spaced panels whereby the piece of fabric will be removablysuspended between the panels and visible through the transparentportions, and a weight member attached to the lower edge portion of thefabric also for disposition between the spaced panels for maintainingthe piece of fabric in -a smooth and unwrinkled condition whilesuspended between said panels.

JOSEPH CASWELL. KAZIMIERZ ELCHUK.

